Gonatus fabricii
Gonatus fabricii, the Boreo-atlantic Armhook Squid, is a squid in the family Gonatidae. It occurs in the northern Atlantic Ocean from Canada to the Barents Sea.
Boreo-atlantic armhook squid | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Gonatidae |
Genus: | Gonatus |
Species: | G. fabricii |
Binomial name | |
Gonatus fabricii Lichtenstein, 1818[2] | |
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Until 1981, the name G. fabricii was usually misapplied to the very similar relative G. steenstrupi.
G. fabricii grows to 30 cm in mantle length.[3]
The type specimen was collected off Greenland and is deposited at the Zoologisk Museum of Kobenhavns Universitet in Copenhagen.[4]
References
- Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Gonatus fabricii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163186A981413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163186A981413.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Julian Finn (2016). "Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen 1984. Cephalopods of the world. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
- Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
- "CephBase: Gonatus fabricii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
- Close-up video of the Boreoatlantic Armhook Squid
- Tree of Life web project: Gonatus fabricii
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